binge-free challenge, anyone?

So I've got into a pattern of binging once a week.  In order to avoid falling back to be emotinoal eater, I'm gonna kick binges for good.  I know some of you out there are binging even more often, say by keep track of each other's eating habit, we can really help each other out.

oh dear. i hate myself for doing this. i totally binged for a week. i'm going to start fresh tomorrow. hope i won't binge anymore.

I have the same problem, and I'm working on it too....so I'm all for supporting each other!

I ate out twice this weekend and didn't overeat! Wow - If I can do it, we all can. Feeling very proud of myself this morning.

knarik, The Cheesecake Factory is my FAVORITE restaurant of all time. So delicious...but I get the louisiana chicken pasta. I think cutting out the bread would be good, or eat some of the brown bread but only a little piece. You must be able to enjoy things in life or, from my experience, if you cut EVERYTHING out, you'll fall back into your old habits eventually.

I would ask for a to go box ahead of time and put most of it in there (probably 3/4 since their portions are HUGE). Then eat until you are satisfied but not stuffed...that way you still get a great taste. And if you are hungry later, munch on something healthy. Also, drink a lot of water while you eat, that way your stomach will be somewhat filled already.

It's not bad to treat yourself once and awhile! You just have to do it in moderation. I haven't eaten anything really unhealthy since I started because if something exciting comes up I want to be able to not feel guilty about it.

I didn't binge last weekend, probably bcoz I fell really sick.  In these two days I have a crave of food , meaning any kind of food, so I keep telling myself that it's hormones fluctuation but not a real sense of hunger and I don't want it.  Hope I can go binge-free for another week.

How're you girls doing?

I am wondering if my consumption of chocolate icing was a binge.  I woke up this morning, had my breakfast, but was feeling incredibly weak.  I thought maybe it was because I have been eating less sugar, so I ate the icing.  I felt much better afterwards and was able to curb my sugar cravings after eating it.  So, I'm saying it wasn't a binge seeing how I stayed under my calorie goal.  What does everyone think about this?  I guess I could have eaten an apple, but I really wanted chocolate. 

A/C

If my chocolate icing wasn't a binge, then I'm at 6 days binge free!  Go me!

Count me in! I've been prone to standing in front of the fridge and nibbling on everything in sight for the past couple weeks. It really throws off my calorie counting and I wish I could just sit down and eat a serving of something.

So starting today, I will join your no-binge challenge! :)

I was binging all last week and felt awful for it, so I bought myself a scale, and you know what? I think I lost weight! Im now at my goal weight of 117!

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I just think its weird....

I wouldn't say I binged Saturday, but I definitely went over my allowance  :)

I am really back on track though, and doing well, I'm not restricting as much, and allowing myself more fruits for the sweet cravings, for health reasons I was supposed to stay away from ALL sugar including from fruit - so I think my body was in absolute rebellion.  And making me crave all kinds of badness!

I'm finding it a lot easier to say no to things when I know I can have a banana on my cereal every morning LOL - I know sounds so silly, but health diets are really hard to follow when they are so strict!

i dont think the chocolate icing was a binge.....if it fit into your calorie goal, then you're fine....i plan ahead when i want to eat chocolate and things like that....for example, on fat tuesday i bought one of those betty crocker's warm delights brownies, and i'm going to eat a little light that day so I can eat that for dessert because im giving up chocolate for lent....so as long as its reasonable, its not binging

I plan one cheat meal a week. They are neccesary and I dont see anything wrong with it. If you are stuffing your face all day and it has a strong emotional connotation, then you need to stop that. Otherwise, one cheat meal per week is fine.

I completely forgot that lent was coming up.  It's so easy for me to give up foods during that time.  What will I give up?  Peanut butter?  Yes, peanut butter.  And chocolate icing for sure!  I could make an entire list, but I will not!

Thanks for the advice on the icing thing.  I had a tough day today.  I didn't have to work this evening so I stayed in bed watching movies to avoid food.  I should have gone to the gym directly after class, but it was soooo cold!  Tomorrow I will go to the gym and not stay in bed and eat healthy.

7 days binge free, but very difficult today! 

I ate three brach's orange slices.  I need to make wiser decisions when it comes to sugar, but its SOOOO gooooood!!!!!!

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Just binged at work. Ate 1000 calories all at once. Candies, bagel, loads of cream cheese. I feel awful - guilty and stomach wise. This was supposed to be a fun valentine's day and now I feel like I ruined it!

i hate to admit it.....but i binged as well today!!! blehhh....i started off good this morning, had a salad and fruit for lunch.....then i had a chocolate fondue at work today for the residents (i work at a retirement home), so i had a few bites of that....then had some chocolate kisses when my boss told me to pass around the basket of kisses......then once i got back to my room and saw my roomie go out with her boyfriend for valentines day....i just started eating and eating....ahhh i know its emotional eating.....but ive been eating so well for about a month now(minus superbowl sunday).....bahhh.....should i eat less calories tomorrow to make up for today, then get back to normal eating on friday??? any suggestions?? or should i just get back to the normal plan tomorrow??

count me in on the binge-free challenge!

fhgurl17-i would suggest just getting back to your normal routine tomorrow. Just give yourself this one day as an off day - it is valentine's day after all.

Also restricting too much tomorrow might lead to cravings. I've binged horribly in the past, after a too-restrictive diet (we're talking <800 calories here), I would just eat as much as I could (sometimes upwards of 2500 calories in an hour). This would be followed by rigorous exercise or severe diet restriction. But I've slowly begun to realize that I'm harming myself much more than helping and have decided to lose weight more healthily. I've been really good for a few days now, but I just ate so much chocolate at work today and binged.

I've been doing pretty well for a few days now and have been on a roll, but about 30 min ago i went to the souplantation. Did pretty well had this nice won ton salad and some other tossed salads. BUT then i went for a brownie with chocolate frozen yogurt over it with granola on top...twice. Yikes. My calories for today are around 2000 cal now. I'm going to go to the gym and try to burn around 500 of them, yeah it's going to be a hrd work out i usually only burn around 300. ANYWAY

My point is you have to get back up on your feet.

instead of saying tomorrow is a new day, you need to say, well i have RIGHT NOW to make the decision that I will not let this binge continue all day. PROMISE yourself.

WE CAN DO IT!

lovelystate - i know exactly how you feel....after dinner today i went to the gym becuase i was so mad at myself and did 80 mins of cardio....i wanted to burn off as much as i could and hopefully today will be a "maintain" day instead of a gain or lose day

thanks for the advice

You can count me in on the challenge too!

So what's the count thus far?  It seems to me that there are far to many people out there that have this same problem?  Emotional Eating is such a horrible thing!  I am totally an emotional eatter... when I'm stressed out I eat.  When I have nothing to do I eat.  It seems left and right I revolve my life around eating. 

So what do you suggest for people who are emotional eatters??

Suggestions for emotional eaters?  Hm...support and realizing what emotions actually set you off.  I have been to OA, but can never keep a schedule with them as I'm a busy girl.  This support group seems to be working VERY well for me.  I usually "have" to eat something before I go to sleep (usually a banana or bran cereal), but tonight I said to myself...why do you need to eat anything right now?  Then I quickly answered back, because you usually do.  I don't need to eat at night.  I feel great about this decision.

I am NOW 8 days Binge Free!!!!  Woo hoo!  They say it takes 28 days to break a habit, but overeating is not a habit, it's an addiction.  You have to always work at it.

I'm feeling very motivational speakerish today.

A/C

Heck I thought quitting smoking after a 17 year habit was difficult, nothing compared to bingeing!  I think what makes it harder is that you can't completely cut food out as you need it to survive.  I, like most others, find weekends brutual.  I have upped my gym time at the weekends as I know do a min of an hour.  Plus take the dog for a couple extra long walks and then all my errands just so I keep busy, which seems to help.  I did some baking last weekend for the first time in forever, so I could have some treats in the freezer that I knew exactly what was in and I could portion control.  The plan is to have one pre-planned and counted treat on the weekend and tell myself that is all I need.  Instead of craving something grabbing whatever and then figuring well I've started.....and continuing.  The think I don't get is I know that I don't want it and I'm not hungry but I still will stuff it in my gob!  I really am trying to rationalise with myself and after eating it, asking myself if I enjoyed it and was it worth all my hard effort being undone and usually the answer is no, which is what I did with smoking.  Sort of arguing with myself and 'talking' myself out of it, if that makes any sense.  One day at a time, and well done to everyone who has managed to do so well :o)